Will Sommer

Washington, D.C.

Media reporter

Education: Georgetown University, BS in International Politics

Will Sommer is a media reporter for the Style section, specializing in covering conservative media and conspiracy theories. He's the author of "Trust the Plan: The Rise of QAnon and the Conspiracy That Unhinged America," a book covering the QAnon movement. Before starting at The Washington Post in May 2023, he worked for The Daily Beast as a politics reporter and the host of the 'Fever Dreams' podcast.
Latest from Will Sommer

Bitcoin’s inventor is a mystery. An HBO filmmaker thinks he found him.

The HBO documentary explores the mystery of bitcoin’s creator, Satoshi Nakamoto, and suggests Peter Todd as a potential candidate.

October 8, 2024
Filmmaker Cullen Hoback in a still from “Money Electric: The Bitcoin Mystery.”

Ta-Nehisi Coates and Tony Dokoupil sharpen morning TV with Israel debate

Author Ta-Nehisi Coates, on “CBS Mornings” to talk about his new book, and co-host Tony Dokoupil debated Israel on Monday.

October 1, 2024
Author Ta-Nehisi Coates, in a 2023 photo, was on the “CBS Mornings” show on Monday to promote his new book.

The Onion is pivoting to video — no joke — with a former MSNBC anchor

The Onion is relaunching the Onion News Network, the parody video series, with former MSNBC and NPR host Joshua Johnson in the anchor chair.

September 30, 2024
Broadcast journalist Joshua Johnson will play an anchor character named Dwight Richmond.

Hoda Kotb to leave ‘Today’ show early next year

Hoda Kotb, longtime co-host of “Today,” will depart early next year.

September 26, 2024
Hoda Kotb on “Today” on May 19, 2022, in New York.

Why reporters are shut out of the big Murdoch family trust case

Rupert Murdoch is waging a legal battle against some of his children over the fate of his media empire, but the proceedings are under seal.

September 20, 2024
Rupert Murdoch, center, and his wife, Elena Zhukova Murdoch, arrive at the Second Judicial District Court in Reno, Nev., on Sept. 16, 2024. (Andy Barron/AP)

Reporter Olivia Nuzzi’s relationship with RFK Jr. triggers backlash

The relationship was never physical, Nuzzi said, and a spokesperson for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. deflected the story.

September 20, 2024
New York magazine reporter Olivia Nuzzi arrives for the White House Correspondents' Association dinner at the Washington Hilton on April 29, 2023.

Inside Tenet Media, the pro-Trump ‘supergroup’ allegedly funded by Russia

Even some of Tenet’s right-wing stars wondered why it existed. Now, a new federal indictment claims it was a Russian propaganda operation.

September 5, 2024

Justice Dept. charges two Russian media operatives in alleged scheme

The Justice Department charged two Russian media executives in an alleged scheme that authorities say illegally funneled millions of dollars to a Tennessee-based company.

September 4, 2024

He found a Project 2025 duffel bag. Then police showed up at his house.

Journalist and author Malcolm Harris says he found the bag left on a ledge in Capitol Hill. It turned out to be more trouble than it was worth.

August 16, 2024
This Project 2025 duffel bag, photographed Aug. 15, was found by author and journalist Malcolm Harris on Aug. 9. Harris says it was left on a ledge.

Why newsrooms haven’t published leaked Trump campaign documents

The Trump campaign said the documents that reporters received from a mysterious source came from an Iranian hack. The FBI is now investigating.

August 13, 2024
Political comparison notes are projected onto a screen ahead of Republican vice-presidential nominee JD Vance’s remarks in Philadelphia on Aug. 6.